Comparison

Economic Research Tracker vs EconShot

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Economic Research Tracker

Access economic insights and analysis from New York Fed economists. Customize your feed by research topics or specific economists, and follow your favorite bloggers for in-depth perspectives on macroeconomics, monetary policy, and more.

Highlights
  • Economic insights and analysis
  • Customizable content by research topics
  • Filter by New York Fed economists
  • Follow favorite bloggers
  • Search for economists and bloggers
Features
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The Economic Research Tracker brings you insights and analysis from the New York Fed written by economists working at the intersection of research and policy. You can customize content by various research topics, including Macroeconomics, Monetary Policy, Labor Economics and Household Finance, and by New York Fed economists. You can also search for and follow your favorite Liberty Street Economics bloggers.

About

EconShot

Quickly create and share professional economic charts from live data sources. Customize your visuals with branding and annotations, then post directly to social media or export for presentations. Streamline your data visualization workflow in under a minute.

Highlights
  • Live economic data integration (FRED, BLS, World Bank, Treasury)
  • One-minute chart creation workflow
  • Customizable branding (colors, logo)
  • Direct social media posting (LinkedIn, Bluesky)
  • Automatic alt text generation
  • Dashboard for pinned indicators
  • Home Screen widgets for data tracking
Features
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EconShot turns live economic data into beautiful, branded charts you can share in under a minute — right from your phone. Pull the latest numbers from FRED, BLS, the World Bank, and the U.S. Treasury, drop them into a clean chart with recession shading and your own colors, and post straight to LinkedIn or Bluesky. No more pulling data in R, fighting a spreadsheet, exporting a PNG, and resizing it for every platform. THE 60-SECOND WORKFLOW • Browse categories or search thousands of series across four trusted public data sources • Tap to chart — recession shading and sensible date ranges are on by default • Add an annotation, overlay a second series, or index to 100 to compare • Export at the perfect size for LinkedIn, X, Instagram, Threads, or a presentation • Post to LinkedIn and Bluesky directly from the app MAKE IT YOURS • Your colors, your logo, your handle on every chart • Clean, serious, publication-quality styling out of the box • Alt text generated automatically for accessible posts STAY AHEAD OF THE DATA • Pin the indicators you watch to a glanceable Dashboard • Add Home Screen widgets for the series you track • Pull to refresh the moment new data drops BUILT FOR ECONOMISTS EconShot is made by an economist, for economists, analysts, data journalists, and anyone who shares macro charts. It's fast, native, and opinionated about good defaults. FREE & PRO EconShot is free to use with FRED data, unlimited exports (with a small "Made with EconShot" credit), and direct posting to LinkedIn and Bluesky. EconShot Pro unlocks BLS, World Bank, and Treasury data, full custom branding, and removes the attribution. See the in-app upgrade screen for pricing and a free trial. Data provided by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (FRED®), the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the World Bank, and the U.S. Department of the Treasury. EconShot is not affiliated with or endorsed by these agencies.

Screenshots

Economic Research Tracker3 screens
EconShot4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Economic Research Tracker at none against EconShot's 2. Economic Research Tracker also leads on ratings volume (17 vs 2) and device support (3 vs 1). EconShot's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 67%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.6). On price and ads there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. EconShot sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Economic Research Tracker asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

EconShot holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Economic Research Tracker has 17 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Economic Research Tracker's written reviews are positive against 100% of EconShot's.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Economic Research Tracker versus EconShot: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEconomic Research TrackerEconShot
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (17 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings17 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 4 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.6 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size47 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFederal Reserve Bank of New YorkIsaac Gerber

Customer experience

Economic Research Tracker

All ratings16 ratings
Positive93.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative6.3%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

EconShot

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Economic Research Tracker

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

EconShot

Subscriptions2
  • EconShot Pro - Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • EconShot Pro - Annual7 Days trial$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Economic Research Tracker free?
Economic Research Tracker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is EconShot free?
EconShot is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Economic Research Tracker or EconShot?
EconShot is rated higher. Economic Research Tracker averages 4.6 out of 5 from 17 ratings, while EconShot averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Economic Research Tracker or EconShot have ads?
Neither Economic Research Tracker nor EconShot shows ads.

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